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A law school in the United States is an educational institution where students obtain a professional education in law after first obtaining an undergraduate degree.
Legal education is the education of individuals in the principles,practices,and theory of law. It may be undertaken for several reasons,including to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for admission to legal practice in a particular jurisdiction,to provide a greater breadth of knowledge to those working in other professions such as politics or business,to provide current lawyers with advanced training or greater specialisation,or to update lawyers on recent developments in the law.
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Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is an interdisciplinary approach to legal scholarship with the goal of reforming the law so it has a positive impact on the well-being of defendants appearing in court. TJ researchers and practitioners typically make use of social science methods to explore ways in which negative consequences can be reduced,and therapeutic consequences enhanced,without breaching due process requirements. By taking a non-adversarial approach to the administration of justice,judges and lawyers work together to create strategies that help offenders make positive changes in their own lives. Therapeutic jurisprudence has been used successfully in mental health courts and other problem-solving courts,such as drug courts for defendants with addictions.
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Paul J. Zwier is a lawyer,author,and academic. He is a former Professor of Law,Director of the Advocacy Skills Program,and Director of the Program for International Advocacy and Dispute Resolution at Emory University,and has been serving as an Of Counsel at Guttman,Buschner &Brooks (GBB).
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